Haec annis et pietate matura vitam deposuit.

Olim praeteritae numeranti tempora vitae, Sexaginta annis non minor unus erit.

And if, as some suppose, the same Seneca were the author of the tragedies, he expresses himself to the same purpose in the following chorus of the Medea: Venient annis Secula feris, quibus Oceanus Vincula rerum laxat, et ingens Pateat tellus, Typhysque novos Detegat orbes, nec sit terris Ultima Thule.